On Tuesday 18 May 2010 12:02 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 05/18/2010 02:58 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Monday 17 May 2010 11:41 PM, Joachim Backes wrote: >> >>> My question: is there a simple way to find out which packages belong to >>> the base version, and which packages have been installed as a later action? >>> >>> >> How about, >> >> # grep -v<install_date> /var/log/yum.log* >> >> where install date is of the form "Mmm dd". Yum/logrotate renames the >> log files every year, so should be easy to backtrack even if you >> installed sometime last year. >> > That would assume that all packages were installed via yum. Yes?
Yes of course. But with `yum localinstall' at one's disposal it doesn't make sense not to. :) Unless of course one installs rpms which doesn't obey the usual good practices and doesn't conform to usual repository package names in its "requires" and "provides". :-\ -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
